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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2016)

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But if I have to pick a living bird, American Kestrels hunting along farm roads always work for me. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Pretty swanky, right? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2016)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Barn Swallow that kept him company in a bird blind while Seaside Sparrows sang and Common Terns hunted in Wildwood, NJ. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

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In addition to that warm, fuzzy feeling, here are some other highs and lows from March 29th, 2016 in southernmost Israel: No rain : Coming from deluge-prone Costa Rica, this was a personal highlight. Sharing those special birds with so many like-minded people of all ages may have been the most magical experience on race day.

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Twitching

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The next rare bird that I was able to chase came a couple of years later in January 2016. I make this statement with this addendum; I would not post the location of a species that could be targeted during hunting season. I hope you enjoy these photos of my recent experience with the Snow Bunting. This was a no-brainer.

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The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

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Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting. Aisholpan will not be considered a true Eagle Hunter till she successfully hunts.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

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Habitat is very important to Hashimoto’s art, they are part of her observational and creative experience, and I think it’s this attention to appropriate waters, plants, climate, and time of day that make her bird portraits special. There are a couple of factual errors: Charley Harper does not come from Alaska (p.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. The concept of a big year gained significant attention through books, such as “The Big Year” by Mark Obmascik, which chronicled the experiences of birders participating in competitive big years.